The Washington Post Sunday – Aug 29 2021 Crossword Solution
The Washington Post Sunday – Aug 29 2021
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘All good things come to an end’ | ITWASFUNWHILEITLASTED |
| ‘Culture Warlords’ author Lavin | TALIA |
| ‘Easy’ songwriter Richie | LIONEL |
| ‘Let me be really clear’ | ICANTSTRESSTHISENOUGH |
| ‘Rats!’ in a Platz | ACH |
| ‘That hits really close to home,’ online | ITME |
| ‘The Aviator’ director | SCORSESE |
| ‘___ little cubby all stuffed with fluff’ (lyric in the theme song to Winnie-the-Pooh films) | TUBBY |
| 1998 NL MVP Sosa | SAMMY |
| 2014 film based on the New Testament | SONOFGOD |
| 2019 World Cup star Lavelle | ROSE |
| 45th Union member | UTAH |
| 82 Down’s goals | PARTS |
| Abandon a federation | SECEDE |
| Accelerometer, e.g | GAUGE |
| Affirmed statement? | NEIGH |
| Anatomical places for crib notes | PALMS |
| Ancient flier | PTEROSAUR |
| Angling platform | PIER |
| Apparel pair | SOCKS |
| Argued before a judge | PLED |
| Attempts to locate | SEEKS |
| Bank note whose 100 denomination shows the Bolshoi Theatre | RUBLE |
| Breaks off | DETACHES |
| Bright, like an atrium | SUNLIT |
| Car dealer’s offerings | SEDANS |
| Central Institute of Hindi locale | AGRA |
| Chocolate cookie-flavored ice cream holder | OREOCONE |
| Chutzpah | NERVE |
| Circulating circle, often | COIN |
| Comparatively kind | NICER |
| Completely certain | QUITESURE |
| Coop clamor | CLUCKING |
| Core components | INSIDES |
| Covered (in) | AWASH |
| Crystal ___ (shade akin to celadon blue) | TEAL |
| Detritus left over from an eruption | ASHES |
| Did some road repair | PAVED |
| Edged by a point, say | WON |
| Emulates some fans | YELLS |
| Event called ‘a jewel in New York City’s social crown’ in Town & Country magazine | METGALA |
| Exhibit fear | QUAKE |
| Expression from one who’s incensed | SCOWL |
| Fairway Rock in the Bering Strait, e.g | ISLET |
| Fish related to the grouper | SEABASS |
| Former boxing champ Shane | MOSLEY |
| Free from corruption | SINLESS |
| French leader who governed during Les Trente Glorieuses | DEGAULLE |
| Frequent filming location for ‘The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters’ | ARCADE |
| Get in exchange, as from another team | TRADEFOR |
| Hans Gruber’s portrayer in ‘Die Hard’ | ALANRICKMAN |
| Has an emotional impact | RESONATES |
| Hikes taken at work? | PAYRAISES |
| Home improvement chain that turned 100 years old in 2021 | LOWES |
| Home to the vast majority of the Hmong | ASIA |
| Illusionist Geller | URI |
| Instruments featured in many Vivaldi concertos | OBOES |
| Intellectual ___ (careful reasoning that holds up to scrutiny) | RIGOR |
| Kalamata stone | OLIVEPIT |
| Kendrick who earned a Pulitzer for his album ‘DAMN.’ | LAMAR |
| Khareef Festival nation | OMAN |
| Lab flask material | GLASS |
| Launchers of Sputnik | SOVIETS |
| Like bricks | LAID |
| Like capitalism in its final form, to modern socialists | LATESTAGE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Like crude humor | CRASS |
| Month for World Vegetarian Day | OCTOBER |
| Muscle-bone connector | SINEW |
| Music genre influenced by Cybotron during the 1980s | TECHNO |
| Mystical valley in the novel ‘Lost Horizon’ | SHANGRILA |
| Needs auto-correct, say (unless auto-correct is itself wrong) | ERRS |
| Neurodevelopmental condition | ADHD |
| Not solid, as idiomatic ground | SHAKY |
| Nuptial affirmations | IDOS |
| Oar handler | ROWER |
| Of a numerical ranking | ORDINAL |
| One celebrated in the spring | MAMA |
| One unlikely to ever make a charitable donation | MISER |
| Org. with employees whose goals are goals | NHL |
| Parental pair in some families | PAPAS |
| Passages in sci-fi books | TIMEWARPS |
| Penny prez | ABE |
| Person who can’t make things up to you? | BADLIAR |
| Piece of the pie, perhaps | BERRY |
| Piggies, so to speak | TOES |
| Places where people pick up pumpkins | PATCHES |
| Put into force | ENACTED |
| Race venue of old? | SPACE |
| Recommendation well before Election Day | VOTEEARLY |
| Redding on the album ‘The Dock of the Bay’ | OTIS |
| Regards | DEEMS |
| Returns from one’s dream trip? | AWAKES |
| Rip to shreds | TATTER |
| River through Geneva | RHONE |
| Rotating rotisserie rods | SPITS |
| Russo who played Natasha in ‘The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle’ | RENE |
| Says ‘coulda, woulda, shoulda,’ e.g | ELIDES |
| Second word of BLM | LIVES |
| She sang ‘Hot Right Now’ in 2012 | RITAORA |
| Short breaks | RESPITES |
| Some NFL blockers | ENDS |
| Sport-___ (large car, informally) | UTE |
| Stacks | PILES |
| Stamp who played General Zod in Superman films | TERENCE |
| Structure seen in M.C. Escher’s ‘Relativity’ | ARCH |
| Sty sustenance | SLOP |
| Symbol of happiness | SMILEY |
| Take one? | ACTOR |
| Tender after yoga class, say | SORE |
| Thick hairstyles | SHAGS |
| Thief involved in DC plots | CATWOMAN |
| Traps for morays | EELPOTS |
| Unfriendly and then some | ASCOLDASICE |
| Up in the air | ALOFT |
| Waiting for the other ___ to drop | SHOE |
| Went on a black diamond run | SKIED |
| West German leader whose name is an anagram of NUDE AREA | ADENAUER |
| Wet spots in dry areas | OASES |
| When a star may shine | SOLO |
| Words from one who’s on the fence | IMAY |
| Work on, as an old painting | RESTORE |
| Wrestler Hart nicknamed ‘The Hitman’ | BRET |
| Yak nonstop | NATTER |
| Zapatistas’ leader Zapata | EMILIANO |
| Zinger characteristic | WIT |
| [Typo in the original] | SIC |
| ___ Dame (university near South Bend) | NOTRE |
| ___ for the stars (aim high) | REACH |
| ___ map (diagram of web pages) | SITE |
| ___-glare screen (monitor that minimizes reflections) | ANTI |